A proposal by the Crow tribal chair could dramatically change who counts as a Crow tribal member under the “blood quantum” standard, a concept created by White settlers and rooted in assimilation ...

A new book, "Beyond Blood Quantum: Refusal to Disappear," explores the concept of Indigenous identity and the impact of blood quantum requirements on tribal membership. Blood quantum, a system imposed ...

The Montana University System ended a controversial eligibility criterion for its Native American tuition waiver, extending it to more students. System leaders say the move was a long time coming but ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Monday, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Steve Daines (R-MT) touted their bipartisan Tribal Border Crossing Parity Act, legislation that would eliminate the 50% blood ...

WASHINGTON — Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand has put forward a bill that would eliminate the blood quantum rule that requires Native Americans to prove they have at least 50% Native ancestry in order to ...

The discourse of blood in the assimilation period -- Fraud : the allotment of the Anishinaabeg -- Chaos : the Dawes Commission and the Five Tribes -- Practically white : the federal policy of ...

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